Aguascalientes weather in January

In January, Aguascalientes sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 17 mm of rain across 2.5 wet days and about 10.8 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 21°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 54% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 42 min at the start of January to 11 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Aguascalientes's 5th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Aguascalientes's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 21°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 6°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 17 mm; 2.5 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 48 min; 7:34 AM – 6:22 PM
Cloud cover: 40%; 5th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 4th windiest
Solar energy: 4.95 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.9; out of 10

Aguascalientes is capital of the Mexican state of Aguascalientes.

Air quality: Elevated; PM2.5 25 µg/m³ · 2018
Density: 618/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1575

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 21°C through the month.

A typical January day in Aguascalientes reaches about 21°C in the afternoon and slips back to 6°C overnight — a 15°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 17°C and 24°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and about 2°C cooler than February.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21
Avg low (°C)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	21	6
2	21	6
3	21	6
4	21	6
5	21	6
6	21	6
7	21	6
8	21	6
9	21	6
10	21	6
11	21	6
12	21	6
13	21	6
14	21	6
15	21	6
16	21	6
17	21	6
18	21	6
19	21	6
20	21	6
21	21	6
22	21	6
23	21	6
24	21	7
25	21	7
26	21	7
27	21	7
28	21	7
29	21	7
30	21	7
31	21	7

Aguascalientes weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	21° / 6°	17	2.5	10.8	7.9
Feb	23° / 8°	13	1.8	11.2	8.6
Mar	26° / 10°	8	1.4	11.8	8.5
Apr	28° / 12°	6	1.5	12.5	7.2
May	30° / 14°	28	5.7	13	5.9
Jun	28° / 16°	81	11.4	13.3	5.7
Jul	27° / 15°	110	14	13.2	6.1
Aug	26° / 15°	89	12.4	12.8	6.3
Sep	25° / 14°	90	12	12.1	6.4
Oct	25° / 12°	35	5.8	11.5	7.7
Nov	24° / 9°	11	1.9	11	8.7
Dec	22° / 7°	8	1.4	10.7	8.2

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 54% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 33%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	63	63	63	65	65	65	65	65	65	66	66	66	66	67	67	67	68	68	68	69	69	69	69	68	68	68	68	68	68	67	67
Cloudier (%)	37	37	37	35	35	35	35	35	35	34	34	34	34	33	33	33	32	32	32	31	31	31	31	32	32	32	32	32	32	33	33

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	63	37
2	63	37
3	63	37
4	65	35
5	65	35
6	65	35
7	65	35
8	65	35
9	65	35
10	66	34
11	66	34
12	66	34
13	66	34
14	67	33
15	67	33
16	67	33
17	68	32
18	68	32
19	68	32
20	69	31
21	69	31
22	69	31
23	69	31
24	68	32
25	68	32
26	68	32
27	68	32
28	68	32
29	68	32
30	67	33
31	67	33

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Aguascalientes gets around 17 mm of rain over 2.5 wet days in January. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 8% and peaks near 12% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	11	11	12	12	12	12

	Rain chance (%)
1	5
2	5
3	6
4	6
5	6
6	6
7	6
8	7
9	7
10	7
11	7
12	8
13	8
14	8
15	8
16	8
17	8
18	8
19	9
20	9
21	9
22	9
23	10
24	10
25	10
26	11
27	11
28	12
29	12
30	12
31	12

Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of January feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, January lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

Wind in January

Winds average 10 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 10 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	9	calm
2	9	calm
3	9	calm
4	10	calm
5	10	calm
6	10	calm
7	10	calm
8	10	calm
9	10	calm
10	10	calm
11	10	calm
12	10	calm
13	10	calm
14	10	calm
15	10	calm
16	10	calm
17	10	calm
18	10	calm
19	10	calm
20	10	calm
21	10	calm
22	10	calm
23	10	calm
24	10	calm
25	10	calm
26	10	calm
27	10	calm
28	10	calm
29	10	calm
30	10	calm
31	10	calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 42 min at the start of January to 11 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 18 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 7:32 AM to 7:33 AM, and sunset from 6:13 PM to 6:32 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	11.0	11.0	11.0
Sunrise (AM)	7:32	7:32	7:32	7:33	7:33	7:33	7:33	7:34	7:34	7:34	7:34	7:34	7:34	7:34	7:34	7:34	7:34	7:34	7:34	7:34	7:34	7:34	7:34	7:34	7:34	7:34	7:34	7:33	7:33	7:33	7:33
Sunset (PM)	6:13	6:13	6:14	6:15	6:15	6:16	6:17	6:17	6:18	6:18	6:19	6:20	6:20	6:21	6:22	6:22	6:23	6:24	6:24	6:25	6:26	6:26	6:27	6:28	6:28	6:29	6:30	6:30	6:31	6:32	6:32

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.7	7:32	6:13
2	10.7	7:32	6:13
3	10.7	7:32	6:14
4	10.7	7:33	6:15
5	10.7	7:33	6:15
6	10.7	7:33	6:16
7	10.7	7:33	6:17
8	10.7	7:34	6:17
9	10.7	7:34	6:18
10	10.7	7:34	6:18
11	10.8	7:34	6:19
12	10.8	7:34	6:20
13	10.8	7:34	6:20
14	10.8	7:34	6:21
15	10.8	7:34	6:22
16	10.8	7:34	6:22
17	10.8	7:34	6:23
18	10.8	7:34	6:24
19	10.8	7:34	6:24
20	10.8	7:34	6:25
21	10.9	7:34	6:26
22	10.9	7:34	6:26
23	10.9	7:34	6:27
24	10.9	7:34	6:28
25	10.9	7:34	6:28
26	10.9	7:34	6:29
27	10.9	7:34	6:30
28	10.9	7:33	6:30
29	11.0	7:33	6:31
30	11.0	7:33	6:32
31	11.0	7:33	6:32

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 4.95 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.73 kWh/m² to a high of 7.72 kWh/m² in May across the year — January's 4.95 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.3
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.8	Bright
2	4.8	Bright
3	4.8	Bright
4	4.8	Bright
5	4.8	Bright
6	4.8	Bright
7	4.8	Bright
8	4.8	Bright
9	4.9	Bright
10	4.9	Bright
11	4.9	Bright
12	4.9	Bright
13	4.9	Bright
14	4.9	Bright
15	4.9	Bright
16	5.0	Bright
17	5.0	Bright
18	5.0	Bright
19	5.0	Bright
20	5.0	Bright
21	5.0	Bright
22	5.1	Bright
23	5.1	Bright
24	5.1	Bright
25	5.1	Bright
26	5.1	Bright
27	5.2	Bright
28	5.2	Bright
29	5.2	Bright
30	5.2	Bright
31	5.3	Bright

Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Aguascalientes?

Our two travel scores rate January for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

7.9

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

4.7

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

January is one of the better times to visit Aguascalientes for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Aguascalientes in January

From January's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In January, Aguascalientes sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 6°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and sun protection.

a warm layersun protection

UV index in Aguascalientes in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 8 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Aguascalientes peaks around April 23 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 7 (high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	8	10	12	14	14	14	13	13	13	10	8	7
Level	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	8	Very high
Feb	10	Extreme
Mar	12	Extreme
Apr	14	Extreme
May	14	Extreme
Jun	14	Extreme
Jul	13	Extreme
Aug	13	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	10	Extreme
Nov	8	Very high
Dec	7	High

Air quality in Aguascalientes in January

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where January falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Aguascalientes is worst in May — around 29 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Aguascalientes's WHO annual average of 25 µg/m³.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	25	24	23	24	29	24	27	25	27	22	24	26
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	25	Moderate
Feb	24	Moderate
Mar	23	Moderate
Apr	24	Moderate
May	29	Moderate
Jun	24	Moderate
Jul	27	Moderate
Aug	25	Moderate
Sep	27	Moderate
Oct	22	Moderate
Nov	24	Moderate
Dec	26	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Aguascalientes?

Aguascalientes sits at 21.9°N, 102.3°W, 1,885 m above sea level, in Mexico. The nearest listed city is Jesús María, 11 km away.

Topography around Aguascalientes

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Aguascalientes.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Aguascalientes has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 116 m around an average of 1,885 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 634 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,680 m.

The land around Aguascalientes is covered by artificial surfaces (90%) within 3 km, shrubs (41%), cropland (25%) and artificial surfaces (20%) within 16 km, and shrubs (54%) and cropland (26%) within 80 km.

3 km

116 m

artificial surfaces 90%

16 km

634 m

shrubs 41%

80 km

1,680 m

shrubs 54%

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← December Aguascalientes year-round climate February →Best places to visit in January

January weather nearby: Jesús María 11 km · San Francisco de los Romo 21 km · Pabellón de Arteaga 29 km · Rincón de Romos 39 km · Villa Hidalgo 39 km · Encarnación de Díaz 40 km · Calvillo 45 km · Loreto 53 km

Mexico travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type A / B; 120 / 127 V · 60 Hz
Prices: ≈ 54% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $13,889; 2025
Happiness: 7.0 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 43%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 24.9; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 12.8; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Upper middle; World Bank
English: Very low; EF EPI 440
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Aguascalientes (21.8826°, -102.2843°, elevation 1,885 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	21	6
2	21	6
3	21	6
4	21	6
5	21	6
6	21	6
7	21	6
8	21	6
9	21	6
10	21	6
11	21	6
12	21	6
13	21	6
14	21	6
15	21	6
16	21	6
17	21	6
18	21	6
19	21	6
20	21	6
21	21	6
22	21	6
23	21	6
24	21	7
25	21	7
26	21	7
27	21	7
28	21	7
29	21	7
30	21	7
31	21	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	63	37
2	63	37
3	63	37
4	65	35
5	65	35
6	65	35
7	65	35
8	65	35
9	65	35
10	66	34
11	66	34
12	66	34
13	66	34
14	67	33
15	67	33
16	67	33
17	68	32
18	68	32
19	68	32
20	69	31
21	69	31
22	69	31
23	69	31
24	68	32
25	68	32
26	68	32
27	68	32
28	68	32
29	68	32
30	67	33
31	67	33

	Rain chance (%)
1	5
2	5
3	6
4	6
5	6
6	6
7	6
8	7
9	7
10	7
11	7
12	8
13	8
14	8
15	8
16	8
17	8
18	8
19	9
20	9
21	9
22	9
23	10
24	10
25	10
26	11
27	11
28	12
29	12
30	12
31	12

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	21	6
2	21	6
3	21	6
4	21	6
5	21	6
6	21	6
7	21	6
8	21	6
9	21	6
10	21	6
11	21	6
12	21	6
13	21	6
14	21	6
15	21	6
16	21	6
17	21	6
18	21	6
19	21	6
20	21	6
21	21	6
22	21	6
23	21	6
24	21	7
25	21	7
26	21	7
27	21	7
28	21	7
29	21	7
30	21	7
31	21	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	63	37
2	63	37
3	63	37
4	65	35
5	65	35
6	65	35
7	65	35
8	65	35
9	65	35
10	66	34
11	66	34
12	66	34
13	66	34
14	67	33
15	67	33
16	67	33
17	68	32
18	68	32
19	68	32
20	69	31
21	69	31
22	69	31
23	69	31
24	68	32
25	68	32
26	68	32
27	68	32
28	68	32
29	68	32
30	67	33
31	67	33

	Rain chance (%)
1	5
2	5
3	6
4	6
5	6
6	6
7	6
8	7
9	7
10	7
11	7
12	8
13	8
14	8
15	8
16	8
17	8
18	8
19	9
20	9
21	9
22	9
23	10
24	10
25	10
26	11
27	11
28	12
29	12
30	12
31	12

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	21	6
2	21	6
3	21	6
4	21	6
5	21	6
6	21	6
7	21	6
8	21	6
9	21	6
10	21	6
11	21	6
12	21	6
13	21	6
14	21	6
15	21	6
16	21	6
17	21	6
18	21	6
19	21	6
20	21	6
21	21	6
22	21	6
23	21	6
24	21	7
25	21	7
26	21	7
27	21	7
28	21	7
29	21	7
30	21	7
31	21	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	63	37
2	63	37
3	63	37
4	65	35
5	65	35
6	65	35
7	65	35
8	65	35
9	65	35
10	66	34
11	66	34
12	66	34
13	66	34
14	67	33
15	67	33
16	67	33
17	68	32
18	68	32
19	68	32
20	69	31
21	69	31
22	69	31
23	69	31
24	68	32
25	68	32
26	68	32
27	68	32
28	68	32
29	68	32
30	67	33
31	67	33

	Rain chance (%)
1	5
2	5
3	6
4	6
5	6
6	6
7	6
8	7
9	7
10	7
11	7
12	8
13	8
14	8
15	8
16	8
17	8
18	8
19	9
20	9
21	9
22	9
23	10
24	10
25	10
26	11
27	11
28	12
29	12
30	12
31	12

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100